District Profile

S.N.	Farming System/Enterprise
1	Dry Land or Rainfed Farming
2	Arid Horticulture
3	Animal Husbandry

Description of Agro-climatic Zone & major agro ecological situations (based on soil and topography)

Soil Type

S.N.	Agro-Climatic Zone	Characteristics
1	Zone Ic-Hyper arid partially irrigated zone	The zone comprises of the district Jaisalmer, Bikaner and Churu (Tehsil Sujangarh, Ratangarh, Sardarshahr and Bidasar), the zone is characterized with dry plain area partially irrigated with IGNP and deep tube wells. The zone consist desert soils covered with sand dunes. The soils of the zone are mainly Sandy Loam to coarse sand. Rainfed cultivation of pearl millet, moth bean, cluster bean, etc is done on stabilized sand dunes and plain area. In a few pockets, irrigation facilities are available.

Topography

S.N.	Agro Ecological Situation	Characteristics
1	Hyper arid partially irrigated western plain	Total area is 7.70 M ha in which 2.44 M ha is net sown . Annual rainfall is erratic (328 mm). The maximum and minimum temperature varies from 48oC to -2.7oC Major Crops: - In kharif mostly rainfed crops like pearl millet, moth bean, moong bean and cluster bean are grown. In rabi wheat, Barley, Mustard and chick pea are grown where irrigation facility is available.

Soil Types

S.N.	Soil Type	Characteristics	Area in ha
1	Loamy sand	Most of the area in the district falls under this category. Soils are having low water holding capacity and poor in fertility status. Only kharif crops are grown.	45%
2	Sandy Soil	High longitudinal sand dunes are spread in the district. These shifting sand dunes restrict the crop production to stabilized sites only. These soils are very poor in organic carbon as well as other essential plant nutrients.	30%
3	Sandy Loam	Soils are poor in organic carbon and water holding capacity having very less vegetation. These soils are suitable for conserved moisture farming.	17%
4	Saline/Alkaline soils	Soils irrigated with underground water get salts accumulated and become problematic. Under such soil conditions only salt tolerant crops are raised.	3%

Area, Production and Productivity of major crops cultivated in the district (2014-15)

S.N.	Crop	Area (ha)	Production (MT.)	Productivity (Qt./ha)
	Kharif-2015
1	Bajra	299565	19601700	6.54
2	Guar	518765	22542000	4.35
3	Moth Bean	226298	9109000	4.03
4	Moong Bean	40089	1978900	4.94
5	Chawala	897	27600	3.08
6	Groundnut	49705	10039000	20.20
7	Sesame	2954	129100	4.37
8	Cotton	614	1927 bale	5.34
	Rabi-2014-15
9	Chickpea	219686	6854700	3.12
10	Wheat	32072	5194400	16.20
11	Barley	8114	1491700	18.38
12	Mustard	36374	3048900	8.38
13	Onion	388	185500	47.81
14	Cumin	1872	28400	1.52
15	Fenugreek	10615	725600	6.84
16	Taramira	55	800	1.45
17	Fennel	89	5300	5300
18	Coriander	20	1600	8.00
19	Isabgol	3423	61900	1.81

Weather Data (2015-16)

Month	Rainfall (mm)	Temperature C	Relative Humidity (%)
April-15	38	Maximum : 43.6 Minimum : 17.3	Maximum : NA Minimum : NA
May-15	14	Maximum : 45.4 Minimum : 21.6	Maximum : Minimum :
June-15	28	Maximum : 48.0 Minimum : 23.0	Maximum : Minimum :
July-15	337	Maximum : 40.5 Minimum : 22.5	Maximum : Minimum :
August-15	163	Maximum : 40.0 Minimum : 23.8	Maximum : Minimum :
September-15	14	Maximum : 42.8 Minimum : 19.9	Maximum : Minimum :
October-15	5	Maximum : 41.4 Minimum : 11.8	Maximum : Minimum :
November-15		Maximum : 35.3 Minimum : 8.4	Maximum : Minimum :
December-15		Maximum : 32.2 Minimum : -0.4	Maximum : Minimum :
January-16		Maximum : 31.2 Minimum : 2.1	Maximum : Minimum :
February-16	3	Maximum : 35.4 Minimum : 2.6	Maximum : Minimum :
March-16		Maximum : 41.5 Minimum : 13.6	Maximum : Minimum :
Total	602	Maximum : Minimum :	Maximum : Minimum :

Production and productivity of livestock, Poultry, Fisheries etc. in the district

Category	Population	Productivity (l/day)
Cattle
Crossbred	12442	7.67
Indigenous	243781	3.67
Buffalo	214673	5.62
Crossbred
Indigenous	452293
Goats	919579	0.64
Pigs	658
Rabbits	11

Thrust Area

Dry Land Farming / Water Conservation

To popularize rainfed/dry land farming through introduction and promotion of short duration and drought resistant cultivators of field crops and fruits

Soil Health Management

Emphasizing the sustainable soil health management such as soil conservation techniques, applying manures and fertilizers on the basis of soil testing, etc.

Horticulture / Arid Horticulture

Introduction of cultivars of medicinal value suitable for desert area, promoting of orchard of pomegranate and ber, motivating farmers for water serving techniques such as poly houses, etc.

Animal Husbandry

To improve the production and productivity of animals through scientific practices of feeding, breeding housing and health management. Introduction.

Farm Women Empowerment

Training of rural women for scientific farming techniques such as seed treatment, safre seed and grain storage and popularizing the modern preservation techniques of locally available farm produces.
To make aware the farm women about the family health and gender related issues and in house environment.
Enhance the soil participation of women through group formation, etc.

Organic and Integrated Farming

Popularizing the integrated farming for risk management and promotion of organic farming through integrated soil nutrition management and integrated pest and diseases management techniques.